Blind Tasting Podcast
By John Starck
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Episodes: 105
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You're gonna get honest (and sometimes irreverent) reviews, news, and opinions on whiskey and the industry.
Will I dwell on the minutia? Sure, sometimes. Will I use sarcasm to get my point across? Yep. Either way you can bet you'll learn something and have something to say about it and that is exactly what Blind Tasting Podcast is all about. Bourbon, Whiskey, and Attitude! Enjoy!
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Is Bourbon Losing Its Soul…To Foreign Ownership?
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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My Conversation with Bill McBrayer, McBrayer Legacy Spirits
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Most Underrated Bourbon? I’ve Got Thoughts. Plus Whiskey News & an Olympic-Sized Rant
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May 26, 2026 |
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ICYMI: Cock of the Walk Bourbon Review, Is It Pappy’s Bold Wheated Cousin?
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May 22, 2026 |
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Why I REFUSE to Attend Bourbon & Beyond 2026
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May 15, 2026 |
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Resurrecting Silk Velvet Whiskey With Zach Hargis & Master Distiller Jacob Call
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Knob Creek Blender’s Edition Review: Goodbye to Oakie
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Jackson Purchase Full Proof Review, $12K Eagle Rare 30, Steph Curry Bourbon & Buffalo Trace Chaos
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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This Huge Bottle of Bourbon Only Cost Me $23 Bucks
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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MGP Pauses Whiskey Production for a Year: What’s It Mean for Lux Row & Limestone Branch?
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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BREAKING NEWS: Sazerac Wants Brown-Forman...What Happens to Jack Daniel & Buffalo Trace?
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Statesman Bourbon Whiskey: Is it the Redheaded Stepchild of Old Forester?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Bourbon Drops From Texas to Kentucky, Sweepstakes, & My Take on Booker’s Beam House Batch
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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The Only Bourbon Trail Advice You Really Need
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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The Beam Bloodline Speaks: Craig Beam on Legacy, Heaven Hill & Starting Over
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Breaking News: Elijah Craig Finally Did the Thing
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Why Buffalo Trace Refuses to be on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Stagg 25D Review: Worth the Hunt…or Hard Pass? Plus, New Releases from Makers, Barrell, Michters & More!
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Breaking News: Sazerac Expands Its Bourbon Empire.....Again
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Is Maker’s Mark’s NEW Age-Stated Cask Strength Actually Better…or Just Taller?
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Fred Minnick Answers My Top 100 Question, Blanton’s Voted Off the Island & Bourbon Trail Hack
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Could You Handle George Washington’s Rye Whiskey? I Finally Taste It on this Extended Splash 'n Dash
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Hazmat Bourbon Is Going to Ruin Bourbon
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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BREAKING NEWS: Whiskey Giant Four Roses Sold!
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Bourbon Banned on FB, Still630 Patriotic Release, High-Tech K-RAX Rickhouses, 2024 Yellowstone Limited Edition Review
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Weller Antique 107 Review, Woodford Reserve New Release, & Are Aluminum Whisky Bottles Coming Soon?
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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BREAKING NEWS: This Bottle of Bourbon Just Shattered Records, and No, it’s not Pappy 23
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Is MGP in Trouble? Plus Other News & My Review of I.W. Harper 15 Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Hazmat Bourbon, Hockey Whiskey, Buffalo Trace News & Cooper’s Craft Barrel Reserve 100 Review
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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In-Depth Interview with Switchgrass Spirits, An Employee-Owned Distillery in St. Louis, MO
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Blanton’s Gold vs Straight From the Barrel - Does MORE Blanton’s Actually Make Blanton’s Better?
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Everyone Is Wrong About Jim Beam And We Have the Receipts
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Breaking Bourbon News: Jim Beam Shuts Down Main Distillery Production for 2026
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Beavis & Butt-Head, Bradshaw, Magnus Cigar Blend, Plus the Rock n Roll HOF Pissed Me Off
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Heaven Hill & Wild Turkey "New Releases", Best 3 Bourbons to Gift, and Dented Brick Rye Whiskey Review
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Whiskey Wisdom & Bourbon B.S.: Barrel Strength Legends, Lies, and Untold Tales (for Christmas!!)
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Evan Williams Black vs Old Forester 86: Budget Bourbon Battle Plus New Releases From Willett, Castle & Key and Blade & Bow
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Big Buffalo Trace & Michter’s News, Booker’s Should Be Retired & Review of Booker’s 2025-03 Jerry’s Batch
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Big Ass Jack, Peyton Manning, Bud Heavy, MGP Mess, Yellowstone Select Bourbon Whiskey Review
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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I Found WhistlePig by Accident, Whiskey News, Plus Puff Daddy & Keanu Reeves Cameos
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Preservation Distillery’s Cock of the Walk Bourbon: Is it Pappy’s Bold Wheated Cousin? Plus Whiskey News & More
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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BREAKING NEWS: Four Roses is Up for Sale, Is a Massive Bourbon Shake-up Coming?
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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St. Louis Bourbon Festival Highlights, Whiskey News, and a Bulleit Bourbon Review
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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World’s Best Bourbon 2025, Uncle Nearest Drama, Buffalo Trace Milestone & Remus Repeal Reserve IX Tasting
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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STOP! Don’t Visit Buffalo Trace Distillery Until You Hear This – Special Alert
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Barely Legal Bourbon Battle: Elijah Craig 18 vs Knob Creek 18, Which Whiskey Wins?
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Pappy Van Winkle 2025 Drops, New Riff High Balls, Pro Tips on Buffalo Trace, and Revisiting Ben Holladay Rickhouse Proof Smoked Bourbon Whiskey
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Should Booker’s Be Put Out to Pasture? Heaven Hill News, Buffalo Trace Travels, Ireland Gets Invaded, Review of Booker’s 2025-02 By the Pond
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Sorghum Bourbon, Gaming Gear, Four Roses News, Review of Cask House Triple Cask Bourbon Aged in Rye Barrels, Say what?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Buffalo Trace vs. Clyde May’s Blind Tasting Bourbon Battle – Too Close to Call?
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Blackberry Jack, Bourbon & Beyond is for Millionaires, Kentucky Owl in Distress, 1st Whiskey Confessions
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Whiskey Freaks on Parade, Bourbon BOLOs, A Rant (Yep), and Review of Old Forester 86 Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Uncle Nearest in Big Trouble, Doc Holliday Rides Again, and Still Austin Rye Whiskey Review
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Can Sydney Sweeney Save Whiskey, I.W. Harper Has Pride, Canada Bourbon Drought, Review of Jesse James Bourbon Whiskey
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Wild Turkey Slumps, Yacht Rock, Sex Toys, & Review of 123.3 Proof Ben Holladay Rickhouse Proof Bourbon Whiskey
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Whiskey Wisdom & Bourbon B.S.: Barrel Strength Legends, Lies, and Untold Tales
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Millennium #2, (Seriously Buffalo Trace?) Crown Gets Jacked, Sonic Whiskey, Review of 1792 Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon Whiskey
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Is Kilbeggan Triple Cask Irish Whiskey Worth a Damn? Plus, TSA Chaos, Buffalo Trace Sludge, & Field of Dreams Builds a Monster
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Whiskey Trauma, Hot New Releases, and Review of Larceny Barrel Proof C924
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Buffalo Trace Drops a $1,500 Flex, Mountain Dew Predicts the End Times, Review of Traveller Whiskey
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Whiskey Stocks Are Down… Should We Freak Out? — Connecting Wall Street to Whiskey Row
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Big News from Heaven Hill, Dark Arts, Wild Turkey + Pinhook’s 2022 “Rye Munny” Review
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Splash 'n Dash - Review of Piggyback Rye Whiskey - Does it Have More Decimals Than Flavor?
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Eagle Rare 12 Is Here! Plenty of New Releases + a Review of New Riff Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon Whiskey
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Splash 'n Dash - Head-to-Head Members Mark Small Batch Bourbon vs. 1792 Small Batch
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Heaven Hill’s New “Sustainable” Distillery, Buffalo Trace News, Steak Night, Review of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select Whiskey
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Rebel 100 Review: Rebels, Rebels, Everywhere - Is This One a Rebel Without a Cause?
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Buffalo Trace Under Water, Garrard County Distilling Gone For Good? Review of All Nations Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Trump's “Beautiful” Tariffs Are Gut-Punching the Bourbon Biz
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Splash 'n Dash - Review of Four Roses OESO Limited Ed. Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Van Winkle Auction Brings in World Record, Whiskey and Guns Don’t Mix, Review of Benchmark Full Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Splash 'n Dash - Review of Holladay Ancient Cave Hickory Smoked Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Buffalo Trace Gossip, New Releases, Florida Man? Review of Still Austin "The Musician" Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE! Wolcott Rickhouse Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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The Bourbon Trail Gets Bigger! What IS a Glencairn? Smoke Wagon Bourbon Whiskey Review
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Splash 'n Dash - Review of Four Roses Small Batch Select Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Is Cocaine the Same as Whiskey? Mitch Wants Your Money, Guess the Whiskey, Old Grand-Dad Bonded Bourbon Whiskey Review
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Buffalo Trace Wild New Release, Holladay Is Expanding, Top 10 US Whiskies, Review of Green River Straight Rye Whiskey
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Splash 'n Dash - Review of Rebel 10 Year Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Layoffs at Brown-Forman, Cool New Releases, Irish Whiskey News, Ezra Brooks 99 Review
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Review of Wild Turkey 101 vs 70th Anniv. 101, vs Wild Turkey 101 12 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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MGP Is Getting Sued, Dumbassery in the Whiskey World, Celebrity Whiskies of 2024, Review of Booker's Jimmy's Batch
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Calumet Farm 16 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review, Does it belong in the winner's circle?
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Good News for Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace Brings Weller to India, Sweet Treat from Woodford, Pendleton Cowboy Whisky Review
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Weller Special Reserve vs. Maker's Mark 46 French Oaked Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Review
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Is China Taking Over Whiskey? Still Austin's Whiskey Stunt, Best Winter Bourbons, Devil's River Texas Rye Whiskey Review
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Review of Little Book: The Infinite, Worth All The Hype?
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Fireball Puts Human Tears in Whiskey, MGP Cuts Back, WTH Is Estate Certified Whiskey, Review of Woodford Straight Malt Whiskey
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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SPOTLIGHT--Brickway Brewery & Distillery, Reviews of Sherry Cask-Aged Single Malt Whisky & Double Barrel Bourbon Whisky
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Blanton's Single Barrel and Ancient Age 90 Proof Head-to-Head Review
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Beam to Raise Prices, Japanese Whisky Trends, Barrell Bourbon 20 Year Release, Russian Whisky, Review of Barrell 15 Year Gray Label 2021
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Cocktober Continues With My Review of Chicken Cock Double Oak Bourbon Whiskey
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Cocktober is Here! Pete Rose Belongs in the HOF, Dragon Whiskey, Swiss Miss is Making Booze, Chicken Cock Bourbon Review and More!
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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It's Cocktober! Review of Fighting Cock Bourbon Whiskey plus My Rant About Beyonce's Sir Davis "American" Whiskey
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Two Bitch Bourbon, Guess the Whiskey, Brown Forman Cancels DEI Program, Review of Little Book Chapter 7
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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I.W. Harper Cabernet Cask Reserve Bourbon Whiskey Review, No BS, Real Talk
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Heaven Hill Ticks Me Off, Jimmy Russell Celebrates 70 Years, Triple Blind Review of Jim Beam Black 7 Year Bourbon Whiskey
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Buffalo Trace Raises Prices AGAIN!, Hell House Whiskey From Lynyrd Skynyrd, Top 3 Bourbons for a Buddy, Evan Williams BIB Review
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Starlight Indiana Bourbon Whiskey Review, Yep, Indiana Whiskey NOT made by MGP!
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Guess the Whiskey, Have the Big Distilleries Gone Mad?, Review of Oak & Eden In-bottle finished, Toasted Oak Bourbon Whiskey
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Do We Have a Whiskey Glut? Kentucky Bourbon Trail Turns 25, Review of Very Old Barton 100 Proof
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Elijah Craig 18 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey Review, All Hype or All Good?
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Can You Make Cheap Bourbon Taste Expensive? Introducing Garrard County Distilling, Traveller Whiskey Review
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Maker's Mark Cask Strength 23-04 Review, Best Kept Secret or Stomach-churning Swill?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Infinity Bottles, Harry Truman, Oak Tree Crisis, Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Review
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Jul 02, 2024 |